Rig Veda 9.31.6: Mandala 9, Sukta 31, Mantra 6
Sukta 9.31
Devata: Soma Pavamāna (Indu)
Samhita Patha (Devanagari)
स्वायुधस्य ते सतो भुवनस्य पते वयम् । इन्दो सखित्वमुश्मसि ॥
Transliteration
sv-āyudhásya te sató bhúvanasya pate vayám | índo sakhitvám uśmasi ||
Translation
われらは汝との友誼を願う、インドゥ（Indu）よ――生成の主よ――汝は真実にして、自らの力を武器とす。われらの内なる諸世界の業において、盟友となれ。
Word by Word
स्वायुधस्यof (you) who have your own weapon / self-armed
स्वायुधस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive relation)
TypeNoun (Tatpuruṣa compound)
Rootस्वायुध (प्रातिपदिक; स्व- + आयुध)
तेof you / your
ते:
सम्बन्ध (possessor)
TypePronoun
Rootयुष्मद् (सर्वनाम)
सतःof the being/true one; of the existent
सतः:
सम्बन्ध (genitive qualifier)
TypeAdjective/Participle (used substantively)
Rootसत् (प्रातिपदिक; pres. ptc. of √अस् ‘to be’)
भुवनस्यof the world / of the realm
भुवनस्य:
सम्बन्ध (genitive dependent)
TypeNoun
Rootभुवन (प्रातिपदिक; from √भू)
पतेO lord
पते:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootपति (प्रातिपदिक)
वयम्we
वयम्:
कर्तृ (subject of उश्मसि)
TypePronoun
Rootअस्मद् (सर्वनाम)
इन्दोO Indu (Soma)
इन्दो:
सम्बोधन (address)
TypeNoun (vocative)
Rootइन्दु (प्रातिपदिक)
सखित्वम्friendship / companionship
सखित्वम्:
कर्म (object of उश्मसि)
TypeNoun (abstract)
Rootसखित्व (प्रातिपदिक; from सखि + -त्व)
उश्मसिwe desire / we wish
उश्मसि:
क्रिया (governing verb)
TypeVerb
Root√वश्/उश् (Vedic: ‘to wish, desire’)
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